NEMA’s linear fluorescent lamp shipments indexes fell in the first quarter of 2016 for the ninth consecutive quarter of declines on a year-over-year basis. After increasing modestly in 2015Q4, the index for T12 lamps posted a 12.0% quarter-over-quarter decrease, and a steeper 14.5% decline from the first quarter 2015. T5 and T8 shipments also continued lower, decreasing by 1.3% and 8.9%, respectively, year-over-year.
T8 lamps accounted for a 67.4% share of fluorescent lamp shipments in 2016Q1, with T12 lamps claiming a 14.5% share and T5 lamps an 11.2% share. T-LED lamps held a 6.9% share of shipments in 2016Q1, marking their first appearance in the market penetration chart. NEMA will continue to track the growth of T-LED lamps and will integrate the category into the index as more historical data becomes available.
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Doug Chandler began writing about the electrical industry in 1992, and still finds there's never a shortage of stories to be told. So he spends his days finding them and telling them. Educationally, he's a Jayhawk with an English degree. Outside of work, he can often be found banging drums or harvesting tomatoes.
